HARGREAVES INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
+422.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
-3.1% vs 2025
Employees
465
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3m
-34.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | 2026-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,332,000 | £50,937,000 | £57,475,000 | +12.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,674,000 | £5,123,000 | £3,459,000 | -32.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,265,000 | £4,536,000 | £2,956,000 | -34.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,027,000 | £3,128,000 | £2,503,000 | -20% | |
| Cash | £928,000 | -£1,494,000 | £4,819,000 | +422.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,772,000 | £22,962,000 | £20,674,000 | -10% | |
| Net assets | £11,843,000 | £13,020,000 | £12,611,000 | -3.1% | |
| Equity | £11,843,000 | £13,020,000 | £12,611,000 | -3.1% | |
| Average employees | 496 | 473 | 465 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £20,157,000 | £20,602,000 | £21,596,000 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £254,000 | £256,000 | £329,000 | +28.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £254,000 | £256,000 | £329,000 | +28.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 10.1% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 6.1% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.7% | 22.3% | 16.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.7% | 64.1% | 65.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.72x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 8.98x | 8.73x | 6.88x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HARGREAVES INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2014-06-02 → present
- NOREC LIMITED 1993-11-01 → 2014-06-02
- NOREC ENGINEERING LIMITED 1990-02-13 → 1993-11-01
- NORTON HAMBLETON ORTECH LIMITED 1988-11-25 → 1990-02-13
- BLACKMAST LIMITED 1988-10-19 → 1988-11-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and Accounts of Hargreaves Industrial Services Ltd.”
Group structure
- HARGREAVES INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- HE Contracts Limited 100%
- Tru-Green Limited 100%
- SBU Limited 100%
- S&B Utilities Limited 100%
- Hargreaves Waste Management Services Limited 100%
- Hargreaves Zinc Processing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAGER, Sean | Director | 2018-06-25 | Mar 1966 | British |
| HICKS, Simon Angus | Director | 2025-06-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WATSON, John Raymond | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| HARGREAVES CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-11-23 | — | — |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACQUARRIE, Stephen Nigel | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| MOORE, David Maxwell | Secretary | — | 1997-10-17 |
| WARBURTON, Garry Brian | Secretary | 1997-10-20 | 2006-09-01 |
| BANHAM, Gordon Frank Colenso | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2026-05-31 |
| BARLOW, Paul Michael | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2010-11-30 |
| BRADDOCK, David | Director | — | 1997-10-17 |
| CAPOLONGO, James Anthony | Director | — | 2006-09-01 |
| COCKBURN, Iain Duncan | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-10-04 |
| DILLON, Peter Marshall | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| FRUCHTMAN, Irwin | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| HAYNES, Julie May | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| JONES, Pauline Helen | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2010-11-30 |
| KELLEY, Gregory | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2012-06-01 |
| ROEN, Allard | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| SAMUEL, John William Young Strachan | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2023-08-09 |
| TOBIN, Daniel John | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2016-05-06 |
| WARBURTON, Garry Brian | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2013-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hargreaves Services Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-30 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2026-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.